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In July 2020, a month after George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police, Ruben Anthony Jr. stood at a podium in front of Urban League of Greater Madison and announced that his organization planned to build an incubator for Black and minority-owned businesses, and...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin gets $2.5 million to study Amtrak expansion from Milwaukee to Green Bay, Madison
State and local officials received five $500,000 federal grants to study expanding Amtrak passenger rail service from Milwaukee to Chicago, Green Bay, Madison, Eau Claire and the Twin Cities. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Wednesday announced the five routes received...
PR Newswire: Exact Sciences Awards Grants to 23 Organizations Focused on Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screenings
Exact Sciences, a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, announced today that it awarded $1.3 million to 23 organizations through its Funding Opportunities for CRC Screening Uptake Strategies (FOCUS) Program. Grant recipients are committed to...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Foxconn eligible for $6.3 million in tax credits for 2022
Foxconn Technology Group is eligible for $6.3 million in additional tax credits from the state of Wisconsin after meeting a series of hiring and spending benchmarks in 2022. A verification form submitted to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. shows that the...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Recession fears ease for Wisconsin bank CEOs
A majority of Wisconsin bank CEOs no longer see a recession as likely within the next six months, a dramatic shift from earlier this year, according to the latest survey from the Wisconsin Bankers Association. In the WBA’s mid-year survey, 56% of respondents said a...
WisBusiness: the Podcast with Greg Piefer, SHINE Technologies
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Greg Piefer, CEO of SHINE Technologies. This fusion technology company, headquartered in Janesville, is developing applications in health care, industrial and defense industries. Earlier this year, SHINE...
Badger Meter exec featured Jan. 10 at Cap Times breakfast
Kenneth Bockhorst, who is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Wisconsin-based Badger Meter, will speak at the Jan. 10 Cap Times “Power Hour” breakfast at Madison’s Edgewater Hotel. Bockhorst joined Badger Meter in 2017 as its chief operating officer and...
InsideWis: To cure EV ‘range anxiety,’ Wisconsin must fix charger problems
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – It wasn’t so long ago that people who wanted an electric vehicle of some sort had to wait for factories to catch up with the backlog. Today, potential buyers are much more likely to find EV cars and pickup trucks sitting on dealers’ lots,...
Wisconsin Inno: Middleton firm that could ‘change the engine game’ gains investment from Rockwell
C-Motive Technologies Inc. disclosed that Milwaukee’s Rockwell Automation participated in the Middleton electrostatic motor company’s latest capital raise, which totaled about $5.5 million. C-Motive announced the Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) equity investment when...
WisBusiness: Dairyland Power Cooperative: Selected by MISO to develop 345 kV transmission project
Dairyland Power Cooperative is the selected developer for a Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., (MISO) 345 kilovolt (kV) transmission project in Wisconsin. The competitive bid was won by Dairyland to develop, own and operate a new 345 kV line from the...
‘WisBiz: The Show’ features Dervis Gursoy of Spraycision
Welcome to “WisBusiness: The Show,” a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. In the latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show,” Dervis Gursoy of Spraycision talks about his precision agriculture company and the problems it can solve for...
Governor’s Business Plan Contest open for statewide entries through Jan. 31, 2024
The annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest is accepting entries online for the 2024 competition until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. The Wisconsin Technology Council produces the contest to encourage entrepreneurs statewide in the startup stages of...
In Business Magazine: Governor’s Business Plan Contest accepting entries through Jan. 31
The annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest is accepting entries online for the 2024 competition until 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 31. The Wisconsin Technology Council produces the contest to encourage entrepreneurs statewide in the startup stages of...
PR Newswire: Virgin Atlantic flies world’s first 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel flight from London Heathrow to New York JFK
Virgin Atlantic's historic flight on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) takes off from London Heathrow to New York JFK today, marking the culmination of a year of radical collaboration, to demonstrate the capability of SAF as a safe drop-in replacement for...
UW-Madison: UW–Madison remains 8th in research ranking, surpasses $1.5 billion in research expenditures
The University of Wisconsin–Madison, for the first time, has topped $1.5 billion in research expenditures, according to the National Science Foundation. With this accomplishment, UW–Madison is ranked 8th among the nearly 900 public and private universities surveyed by...
MKE Startup News: Nommli provides delicious cultural experiences
FOR-M graduate Nommli was one of the six companies that received a $10,000 grant at the recent Founder Showcase. The Madison-based company has developed a food technology platform designed to sell authentic food from various cultures to a national audience. The food...
Wisconsin Public Radio: New investment in broadband expansion ‘an equalizing opportunity’ for state’s rural communities
Leaders from the Biden Administration said access to high-speed internet will bring opportunity and dignity for residents of rural communities in Wisconsin and across the country. Tom Perez, White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, and Don Graves, U.S....
WisBusiness: Evers task force on workforce, AI holds first meeting
The head of the state Department of Workforce Development says the rise of AI technology “couldn’t come at a greater time” given the state’s labor challenges. Speaking this week during the first meeting of the Governor’s Task Force on Workforce and Artificial...
InsideWis: New History Center three years away, but society’s work carries on
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – It will be March before demolition of the existing State Historical Society Museum on Madison’s Capitol Square gets underway, and late 2026 or early 2027 before a new and much larger “History Center” rises on that site and two adjacent...
WisBusiness: Wisconsin Bankers Association: Commentary on FDIC Q3 2023 numbers
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) data released today showed Wisconsin banks remained in good health through the third quarter of this year. Year-over-year lending increased in all categories (commercial, residential, and farm loans), demonstrating the...